Lucas Favre, Unsplash Best overall Fujifilm X-T4 Check Price Tactile controls and excellent performance make this an all-around winner. Best compact Fujifilm X100V Check Price Lots of advanced features and a great lens make a perfect everyday shooter. Best Instax Fujifilm Instax Square SQ1 Check Price The classic square format gives a retro feel with… Continue reading Best Fujifilm cameras for 2022
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What is a mirrorless camera?
Even though it’s several years old the Fujifilm X-T1 still holds its own. Stan Horaczek Take the lens off of a film SLR or a digital SLR and you’ll find yourself staring into a mirror. In fact, mirrors have been essential camera components for more than 150 years—that is, of course, until roughly the last… Continue reading What is a mirrorless camera?
Is the end of the awkward, faceless Zoom call near?
Getty Images Have you ever been on a phone call with someone new or had to speak on a video conference to a screen full of faceless squares, with everyone’s appearance left to guesswork? You may not have to use your imagination in these scenarios for much longer. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial… Continue reading Is the end of the awkward, faceless Zoom call near?
Museums, galleries, and alternative spaces in the metaverse
Enter the marble hall at Musee Dezentral, and you’ll be greeted by tall ceilings, exquisite columns, classical sculptures, and a palatial water fountain. But as in most museums, the main draw is the art on the walls. In this first hall—the Hall of Fame—you’ll find NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, from now-iconic crypto art collections: CryptoPunks,… Continue reading Museums, galleries, and alternative spaces in the metaverse
Grand Teton cancels controversial new wedding/portrait photography permit policy
A pastel sunset over the Teton Mountain Range in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. on G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images After much backlash, Grand Teton National Park has rescinded its requirement that all wedding and portrait photographers obtain a $300 permit for operating on park land. The policy was initially enacted to manage… Continue reading Grand Teton cancels controversial new wedding/portrait photography permit policy
Outsmart your iPhone camera’s overzealous AI
Dan Bracaglia Last weekend The New Yorker published an essay by Kyle Chayka with a headline guaranteed to pique my interest and raise my hackles: “Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?” (March 18, 2022). Aside from being a prime example of Betteridge’s Law of Headlines, it feeds into the idea that computational photography is a… Continue reading Outsmart your iPhone camera’s overzealous AI
Best Father’s Day gifts and camera gear for your shutterbug dad
A DSLR can be a great gift. Ben Collins, Unsplash Photographers are legendarily picky about their camera gear, but if you’re looking for the best Father’s Day gifts for a photography-loving dad, you’re gonna have to get into the weeds a little. You’ll want to know what your giftee’s camera situation is like—are they tied… Continue reading Best Father’s Day gifts and camera gear for your shutterbug dad
Best photography books: How to make sure you capture the art and industry of photography in the right light
Focus your studies on the best photography books. Bruno Emmanuelle, Unsplash One of the great things about the art of photography is that if you want to engage in it, it can be as easy or as sophisticated as you want it to be. You can get a basic, quick-shot camera or you can invest… Continue reading Best photography books: How to make sure you capture the art and industry of photography in the right light
Best projectors of 2022
Find the best projector for gaming, the office, movie night at home, and more. iam_os, Unsplash Sometimes, you just want to see the big picture. And that’s exactly what the best projectors allow you to do. By taking in data from a connected device, projectors use light and lenses to display an image that can… Continue reading Best projectors of 2022
Best phone cases of 2022
Great cases for your phones!. Adrien via Unsplash For many of us, our cell phones are one of the most essential items we own, which makes it only natural that we would want to protect them with the best phone cases on the market. With a plethora of options online, it can be daunting to… Continue reading Best phone cases of 2022